Geddy is in the Bass Hall of Fame for Guitar Player Magazine Has been voted Best Rock Bassist more than 6 times Geddy won "best Rock Bass player" in the 1993 "Bass Player" readers' poll.

Personal Profile:Geddy Lee was born July 29, 1953. Geddy's real name is Gary Lee Weinrib. He is currently married, has a son Julian & a daughter Kyla. Tennis and particularly baseball are Geddy's favorite. He has even expressed interest in running a minor league baseball team in the past. When the band is not touring, Geddy lives outside of Toronto.

Voted to Modern Drummer Hall of Fame: 1983 Best Rock Drummer: 1980,1981,1982,1983,1984,1985 Best Multi-Percussionist: 1983,1984,1985,1986 Best Percussion Instrumentalist: 1982 Most Promising New Drummer: 1980 Best All Around: 1986

1986 Honor Roll: Rock Drummer, Multi-PercussionAs a member of the Honor Roll in these categories, Neil is no longer eligible for votes in the above categories.

Personal ProfileNeil Peart was born September 12, 1952. He took up drumming when he was 13 years old and received professional drum lessons for his birthday. Originally inspired by the agressive drumming oflate Keith Moon, he is also influenced by the likes of Carl Palmer and Bill Bruford.

Neil grew up near Toronto and played in a series of high school bands before moving to London during the early 70's in order to try and further his musical career. While there he worked as aat a shop called The Great Frog in the tourist district of Carnaby Street. Disillusioned by the British music scene he later returned to Canada where he eventually hooked up with Geddy and Alex. He became a member of Rush on July 29, 1974.

Neil likes to read and his lyrical influences stem from some of his literary heroes - Ernest Hemmingway, John Steinbeck, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Dos Passos, Barth, Rand, and Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Neil has also written articles and editorials, and in 1994 coauthored a short story "Drumbeats" with Kevin J. Anderson for the horror anthology Shock Rock II. Neil's only child Selena died in a tragic car crash in August 1997. His wife Jacqueline died of cancer in July 1998.

Accomplisments/Awards:Alex won Best Rock Talent in 1983 (Guitar for the Practicing Musician) Inducted into the Guitar for the Practicing Musician Hall of Fame (May 1991)

Personal Profile:Alex Lifeson was born on August 27, 1953, in the mountain fishing port of Fernie, British Columbia. Alex's real name is Alex Zivojinovic. He started playing guitar when he was 12, having previously made an unsuccessful attempt at trying to learn viola. His first six-string was a Kent classical acoustic, which his father bought him as a Christmas present. A year later Alex acquired a $59 Japanese electric model.

His early guitar influences are Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Jimi Hendrix, and Jimmy Page. He was basically self-taught as a guitarist. His only formal training was during Rush's early days on the Toronto club circuit.

"A friend I went to school with taught classical guitar," Alex recalls. "He was a very good teacher and I studied with him for about a year and a half. That started around 1971, but then one day he was in a motorcycle accident and had to go to hospital, so the lessons kind of fell off. Also, we'd started to play in clubs a lot more, so I wouldn't really have had the time to keep them up anyway." The contemporary guitarists whom Alex admires include Paco De Lucia, Allan Holdsworth, Edward Van Halen, Andy Summers and Rory Gallagher. He is currently married and has two sons, Justin and Adrian. When not on tour, he also spends time flying, and is in fact, a licensed pilot. He also has a strong reputation in the group as a gourmet cook.

He released a solo album titled "Victor" in January 1996. Click here to go to the Victor home page.

Alex Lifeson on himself: I started playing when I was about 11 years old. I begged for a guitar for Christmas, and got an $11 Kent acoustic--it was just terrible, but my parents still have it [laughs]. Then the following Christmas my parents bought me a Cenora, which sort of looked like a Gretch Country Gentleman. Both were inexpensive, poorly Japanese guitars. I borrowed the guy-next-door's Paul amp whenever I could, and taped "Vox" in black tape on the front of it [laughs]. I played for hours and hours and hours.

FORMER BAND MEMBERS

Name: JOHN RUTSEYReal Name: John Howard RutseyBirthdate: 1953Deathdate: May 11, 2008Band position: Drums and backing vocalsStarted in the band: Spring 1968 (Founding Member)Left band: July 1974Personal Profile: John founded the band with Alex. He played drums until 1974. When Rush was starting to get famous, his ideas of the future of the band were different from Geddy and Alex's ideas. He had diabetes, which was a problem if they went on extended tours. He also just wasn't excited about playing in the band anymore. He quit the band. He tried to get another band going but he wasn't successful. He quit drums altogether and became a body builder. Alex used to see John at a local Toronto gym throughout the 1980s, but had quit seeing him around 1990. John Rutsey died in his sleep from a heart attack on May 11, 2008. The heart attack was related to his complications with diabetes .---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Name: JEFF JONESBand position: Lead vocals and bassStarted in the band: August 1968Left band: September 1968---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Name: LINDY YOUNGBand position: Keyboards, rhythm guitars, and backing vocalsStarted in the band: January 1969Left band: July 1969---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Name: JOE PERNABand position: Lead vocals and bassStarted in the band: May 1969Left band: July 1969---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Name: MITCH BOSSIBand position: Rhythm guitars and backing vocalsStarted in the band: February 1971Left band: May 1971

Geddy Lee left to form his band Ogilvie (later called Judd.) He was replaced by Joe Perna.---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Rush: September 1969 - February 1971Geddy Lee: lead vocals and bassAlex Lifeson: guitars and backing vocalsJohn Rutsey: drums and backing vocals

Lindy left Hadrian to join Judd. Hadrian broke up. Judd broke up later on. Rush was reformed by Geddy, Alex, and John.